Sport: The Greatest

Andy ("The Greek") Varipapa is a powerful, stubby little man, and his own warmest admirer. Says he: "Hell with that blushing violet stuff." Varipapa, is, and admits it, the world's greatest bowler.

Despite a limp (one leg is shorter than the other), he has rolled more perfect (300) games, 68 in all, than anyone else. He can and does bowl with either hand, with both at the same time, with his foot. In Detroit, where bowling goes biggest in the U.S., he gets $900 a week when he puts on exhibitions. Says he: "If I'd...

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